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RFC 1813 - 6.3.2 File handles

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### 6.3.2 File handles

The change in the file handle format from the NFS version 2 protocol to the NFS version 3 protocol complicates the lock manager. First, the lock manager needs some way to tell when an NFS version 2 protocol file handle refers to the same file as an NFS version 3 protocol file handle. (This is assuming that the lock manager supports both NLM version 3 protocol clients and NLM version 4 protocol clients.) Second, if the lock manager runs the file handle through a hashing function, the hashing function may need to be retuned to work with NFS version 3 protocol file handles as well as NFS version 2 protocol file handles.

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RFC 1813 - 6.3.2 File handles